Ross A. Lawrenson MBBS, MD, DRCOG, DHMSA, FAFPHM, FFPH, FRCGP

Professor Ross Lawrenson is Professor of Population Health at the University of Waikato, New Zealand. He is an epidemiologist and public health physician, whose main research interest is identifying ways of improving outcomes for cancer. He has worked both in the United Kingdom and in New Zealand as an academic and health services researcher. He has published a textbook on Epidemiology and Public Health Medicine and authored over 180 peer-reviewed papers. He is a former Chair of the National Screening Advisory Committee and a board member of the New Zealand Cancer Health Information Strategy and PHARMAC committees.